Cricket: 501 not out: Lara becomes world's first batsman to score 500 runs | The Independent Cricket: 501 not out: Lara becomes world's first batsman to score 500 runs Monday 6 June 1994 23:02 BST Click to follow The Independent Online THE DURHAM scorer, Brian Hunt, said he had never worked as hard in his life but it had been worth it. He looked tired, but elated, just like Brian Lara himself. That same glazed, slightly awed look was on the faces of the 500-plus spectators patiently queueing for completed scorecards after the game. They had seen history made and they wanted to be able to prove it. In scoring an unbeaten 501 for Warwickshire against Durham yesterday, Lara added the most prized batting record in non-international cricket to the Test equivalent he garnered less than two months ago against England in Antigua. He has, at barely 25, cemented his position with the likes of Bradman, Hobbs and Grace in cricket's pantheon of greats.

The previous record, held by Hanif Mohammad for 35 years, has always appeared as unattainable as Gary Sobers' Test record had. It was one of those statistics fans learn as schoolboys and never have to alter. Such is Lara's appetite for runs one wonders whether this record will last the season. After breaking the record, Lara said: 'I don't think I'm a great cricketer. It's nice to have records and be on top but I've still got a lot of cricket ahead of me and I need to be more consistent. 'Records are there to be broken and I'm happy to be the one doing it. If the records I have set are broken I hope I am the one doing it. It's hard to compare my Test 375 with 501 here. You just have to cherish both of them.' Of Lara's seven centuries in his last eight innings this was, ironically, the most fortunate. In its gestation, on Friday he was bowled off a no-ball for 10 and dropped by the wicketkeeper Chris Scott six runs later.

Yesterday he gave a difficult chance at 238 and another at 413 - which was fortunately hit in the direction of his team-mate Michael Burns (fielding for Durham), who not surprisingly failed to reach it. With the game killed as a contest by Saturday's washout and a weakened Durham's understandable reluctance to set a target, Lara took a while to reach top gear yesterday, adding 27 runs to his overnight 111 in his first 41 balls. He then accelerated, adding 147 off the next 78 to be 285 at lunch. Suddenly the records appeared lined up before him and, having asked his captain, Dermot Reeve, not to declare, one by one he knocked them down. At 306 he passed Warwickshire's highest score, at 406 he passed the highest in England this century. Twenty runs later Archie MacLaren's 99-year-old record score in England had gone. A welter of other records went as well, including the most boundaries in an innings and most runs in a day, but by now all attention was on the big one, Hanif's 499.

Having made 174 runs in the first session, including an enormous six off David Cox over deep midwicket, he added 133 in the second, leaving him 82 short at tea. At this stage, he was feeding the strike to Keith Piper, who went on to a century, although he did take 18 off a Phil Bainbridge over, including an all-run four. At 497, he played three balls from the occasional bowler John Morris defensively then was surprised to be cracked on the helmet by a bouncer off the fourth. At this stage, Piper reminded Lara that technically the game could be called off in two balls' time as there was no prospect of a result. The next ball was driven for four, Lara was engulfed by Piper, and play closed. Lara, who was strongest cutting and pulling or flicking off his legs, achieved most of the milestones with boundaries, including sixes to pass 200 and Hick's 405. Though the record was achieved with an off-driven four off Morris, it should be noted that throughout his innings Durham were trying, both by using proper bowlers and fielding seriously.

Wayne Larkins and Morris did bowl 10.5 overs between them but, with David Graveney and Mark Saxelby both injured, Durham were reduced to four front-line bowlers. All of them, including the debutant David Cox, went for more than 150 runs. Lara revealed afterwards just how much pressure he had been under during the final stages of his innings. 'I didn't realise we were in the last over until four balls had been bowled,' he said. 'Keith Piper came up to me and said there were only two deliveries left.' That fourth ball from Morris had hit Lara on his helmet. 'The blow was a surprise but being told I needed three runs off two balls made me very nervous,' he said. In seven innings for Warwickshire Lara has made 1,176 runs at an average of more than 235; in his last eight first-class innings he has scored 1,551 runs at more than 258. And by the way, the match was drawn.

----------------------------------------------------------------- LARA: RECORD COLLECTOR ---------------------------------------------------------------- THE FIRST-CLASS 500 CLUB ---------------------------------------------------------------- 501* B C Lara (Warwickshire v Durham, Edgbaston, 1994) THE 400 CLUB 499 Hanif Mohammad (Karachi v Bahawalpur, Karachi, 1958-59) 452* D G Bradman (NSW v Queensland, Sydney, 1929-30) 443* B B Nimbalkar (Maharashtra v Kathiawar, Poona, 1948-49) 437 W H Ponsford (Victoria v Queensland, Melbourne, 1927-28) 429 W H Ponsford (Victoria v Tasmania, Melbourne, 1922-23) 428 Aftab Baloch (Sind v Baluchistan, Karachi, 1973-74) 424 A C MacLaren (Lancashire v Somerset, Taunton, 1895) 405* G A Hick (Worcestershire v Somerset

, Taunton, 1988) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 50 DAYS OF LARA ---------------------------------------------------------------- HIS PAST EIGHT INNINGS ---------------------------------------------------------------- 375 West Indies v England (Antigua) 147 Warwickshire v Glamorgan (Edgbaston) 106 Warwickshire v Leics (Edgbaston) 120* Warwickshire v Leics (Edgbaston) 136 Warwickshire v Somerset (Taunton) 26 Warwickshire v Middlesex (Lord's) 140 Warwickshire v Middlesex (Lord's) 501* Warwickshire v Durham (Edgbaston) ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- YESTERDAY'S MILESTONES ---------------------------------------------------------------- 200 Reaches double-hundred in 224 minutes off 220 balls with 30 fours and two sixes 300 Becomes first player to score triple-century at Edgbaston in either domestic or international cricket 300 Reaches triple-hundred in 280 minutes off 278 balls with 44 fours and seven sixes 306 Sets Warwickshire individual scoring record, surpassing 305 not out by Frank Foster against Worcestershire

 at Dudley in 1914 323 Achieves highest score by a West Indian in England, beating 322 by Viv Richards for Somerset against Warwickshire at Taunton in 1985 325 Equals Don Bradman's 1938 achievement of 1,000 runs in seven first-class innings 400 Reaches quadruple-hundred in 367 minutes off 350 balls with 53 fours and eight sixes 406 Achieves highest score in England this century, beating Graeme Hick's 405 .

. .not out for Worcestershire against Somerset at Taunton in 1988 411 Becomes 19th player to score 300 runs in a day 425 Achieves highest ever score in England, beating Archie MacLaren's 424 for Lancashire against Somerset at Taunton in 1895 429 Helps Warwickshire set county record total, beating 657 for 6 v Hampshire in 1899 and 657 for 7 v Glamorgan this season 457 Achieves highest individual score in a day, beating the 345 made by Charlie Macartney for Australia against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in 1921 494 Breaks record for most boundaries in an innings, beating 68 by Percy Perrin for Essex v Derbyshire at Chesterfield in 1904 501 Sets all-time individual scoring record ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- LARA FACT FILE ----------------------------------------------------------------- Born: 2 May, 1969, Santa Cruz, Trinidad.

Youngest of seven brothers in family of 11 Age 7: Recognised as prodigy, taken to coaching clinic by sister, Agnes Age 15: Plays Under-19 representative cricket Age 18: Makes first-class debut. Captains West Indies Under-23 team against Pakistan Age 20: Captains West Indies B in Zimbabwe. Captains Trinidad and Tobago Age 21: Makes Test debut for West Indies v Pakistan Age 24: Scores first Test century against Australia in Sydney. Goes on to score 273. Makes highest score in Test history of 375 against England in Antigua on 18 April Age 25: Becomes first player to score seven centuries in eight first-class innings on 3 June.

Innings of 501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham breaks host of records, including highest score in first- class cricket ----------------------------------------------------------------- (Photograph omitted) 501 not out | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo ESPN Cricinfo June 6 down the years 501 not out Brian Lara surpassed Hanif Mohammad's 499 Graham Chadwick / © PA Photos 1994 On the 50th anniversary of the D-Day landings, Brian Lara achieved immortality with the highest score in first-class cricket history: 501 not out. As if his Test-record 375 wasn't enough, Lara took the first-class record within two months when he surpassed Hanif Mohammad's 499, while playing for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston . He had a few near-misses - Lara was bowled off a no-ball on 12 and then was dropped by wicketkeeper Chris Scott on 18 (Scott apparently said: "Oh dear, he'll probably go on and get a hundred"). Technically there was only one ball left when he creamed John Morris through the covers for four to bring up the magic 500.

In all Lara faced only 427 deliveries, and hammered 62 fours and ten sixes. On the final day he whacked 174 runs before lunch. For good measure, he also became the first man to make seven hundreds in eight first-class innings, the first of which was the 375. He lost his Test record briefly to Matthew Hayden in 2003, but took it back in April 2004 with 400 against England in Antigua . 1957 The career of Mike Gatting , who was born today, split into three distinct segments. He struggled at first, taking seven years and 54 innings to make his first Test century. But after breaking that duck with 136 in Mumbai in 1984-85 , Gatting went on a storming two-year run in which he made nine centuries in 28 Tests and averaged 63. Then came Shakoor Rana, and an alleged liaison with a barmaid that cost him the England captaincy in 1988.

Gatting was never the same - he captained the rebel tour to South Africa in 1989, and in 51 Tests either side of his outstanding two-year run of form, he only made one century, a tortuous 117 in Adelaide in 1994-95 as the curtain came gently down on his career. 1943 One of Pakistan's finest batsmen is born... in Hyderabad, India. Asif Iqbal came a long way from the 21-year-old who opened the bowling - with his fellow debutant and future batting star Majid Khan - and batted No. 10, against Australia in Karachi in 1964-65. In full flow Asif was a sumptuous sight. He made his first Test century from No. 9, 146 against England at The Oval in 1967, but he eventually graduated into the middle order, where his dashing, fleet-footed strokeplay charmed everyone, not least during a successful stint in county cricket with Kent. 1988 Birth of India batsman Ajinkya Rahane .

A prolific scorer for Mumbai - he made over 1000 runs in only his second Ranji season - Rahane was on the fringes of the Indian Test team for years before he finally got his chance in the 2013 Delhi Test against Australia. He made up for a forgettable debut by establishing himself as one of India's most valuable overseas batsmen, with centuries in New Zealand, England and Australia in less than two years, filling the middle-order vacancy left by VVS Laxman's retirement. Rahane has the ability to adapt to different formats as well, with strong showings in the IPL at the top of the order. 1991 After all the fuss, 25-year-old Graeme Hick finally made his England Test debut against West Indies at Headingley . Most pundits had already booked him in for 100 Tests, 8000 runs and an average of 50, but it didn't quite work out like that.

In fairness, it was an unforgiving baptism - Curtly Ambrose tortured him all summer, dismissing him six times in a row, but it was Courtney Walsh who ended his first innings when Hick fenced to Jeffrey Dujon, having made just 6. 1930 A typhoon is born. In terms of raw, unbridled pace, few bowlers in history can match England's Frank Tyson . Richie Benaud rated him the quickest he ever saw. In 17 Tests, Tyson took 76 wickets at an average of 18. This was no brainless quickie, however - Tyson was a Durham University graduate, and had a penchant for quoting Shakespeare or Wordsworth to batsmen, something you can't quite imagine Glenn McGrath ever doing. Most famously, Tyson blew away Australia as England retained the Ashes in 1954-55. After starting off with 1 for 160 in defeat in Brisbane, he shortened his run and took ten wickets in Sydney and nine more in Melbourne , when he collected 7 for 27 in the second innings and frightened the life out of the Aussies.

Injury plagued his career, though, and he emigrated to Australia, where he became a headmaster for a time, before coaching Victoria. 1982 Birth of Pakistan left-arm fast bowler Mohammad Irfan , who at 7ft 1in is one of the tallest cricketers to have played the game. When a club cricketer, he was spotted by Aaqib Javed and that chance meeting allowed Irfan to give up his job in a plastic pipe factory and dream of playing for Pakistan. He debuted at 28 on the one-day leg of the 2010 England tour, and while injuries interrupted his career at the start, he went on to make a regular place for himself in the limited-overs sides, troubling batsmen with his bounce and speeds of over 140kph. 1994 Brian Lara's 501 overshadowed a routine England victory over New Zealand at Trent Bridge , in a match that ended on the same day.

England won by an innings for the first time at home in nine years, thanks mainly to Graham Gooch (210, his last Test hundred), and Phil DeFreitas , who in addition to taking 9 for 165 in the match, made a quick-fire 51 and became the 100th person to take 100 Test wickets. 1940 Birth of the South African allrounder Herbert "Tiger" Lance , who played 13 Tests. He was a handy strokeplayer in the lower middle order, and a useful third- or fourth-change seamer. He took 3 for 30 in his first Test innings, against New Zealand in Johannesburg in 1961-62. His finest hour with the bat also came in Johannesburg, when he made 44 and 70 against Australia in 1966-67 , a match that South Africa won at a canter despite trailing on first innings. 1969 Birth of the Indian left-arm spinner Sunil Joshi , whose Test career had one distinct highlight.

In Bangladesh's inaugural Test , in Dhaka, Joshi pooped the party with 92, his only Test fifty, and eight wickets, including his only five-for. It set up India's second overseas victory in 14 years. He had one notable one-day performance as well, grabbing 5 for 6 against South Africa in Nairobi in 1999-2000. 1959 Tahir Naqqash , born today, took 34 wickets each in his 15 Tests and 40 ODIs, bowling right-arm fast-medium and offbreaks. But he never bettered his performance in his first Test, in Karachi , where he made his only half-century and took five wickets. Despite a Test career that lasted just three years, Naqqash managed to make tours to Australia, India, England and New Zealand.

Other birthdays Yahoo Cricket Yahoo Cricket Leg break Played for: West Indies, ICC World XI, Mumbai Champs, Northerns, Southern Rocks, Warwickshire, West Indies Inv XI, Young West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies Under-19, Marylebone Cricket Club, Sachin's Blasters Roles played: May 02, 1969, Cantaro, Santa Cruz Profile One look at Brian Charles Lara's Test scores, and there is no doubt in one's mind that here is a batsman with a vociferous appetite for runs. In the year 1994, he broke his countryman Gary Sobers' long standing record for many decades by scoring a brilliant 375. As if to prove that this was not a fluke, he followed it up with an unbeaten 501 in a first class match for Warwickshire the following season. In 2004, Lara became the first batsman to reclaim the highest individual Test score record by scoring a 400 against England, in the process breaking Hayden's 380. Lara's attitude towards cricket can be best described as moody brilliance.

To go with the above records, he is probably the only batsman to have tackled Murali the way he did, scoring 600-odd runs in a three match series in Sri Lanka, his innings epitomized by quicksilver feet movement. And then there were times, when he looked good to be anywhere but the batting crease, almost as if his mind's not on the job. As if to drive home a point, Lara's overall Test average of almost 53 is not too dissimilar from his 51 against the Aussies, and it was only 41 against NZ. Brian Lara's ODI record of more than 10,000 runs at an average of almost 41 was equally great, but somehow, his amazing Test innings overshadowed the same. Incidentally, Lara became the second batsman, after Sachin Tendulkar to score more than 10,000 runs in both forms of the game. On retirement, Lara is one of the few cricketers, whose Test average was more than his First Class one!

Against Brian Charles Lara Home > Athletes > Brian Charles Lara Brian Charles Lara May 02, 1969 (age 47 years) Birthplace: Test debut v Pakistan, Lahore 1990 ODI debut v Pakistan, Karachi, 1990 Regional debut v Leeward Islands, Guaracara Park, 1988 Played 130 Test matches with the world record score of 400 not out against England, Antigua, 2004 Broke 36-year-old record for highest Test score of 365 set by Sir Garfield Sobers at Sabina Park, 1958 when he made 375 against England at Antigua Recreation, Ground, 1994. This record was subsequently erased by Australian Mathew Hayden who struck 380 v Zimbabwe nine years later. However, Lara regained the record in 2004 when he became the first batsman to score 400 in a Test innings.

Has most test centuries by a West Indies Test batsman (34) Holds record for most Test runs by a West Indies batsman (11,953) Highest First Class score of 501 not out, playing for Warwickshire against Durham, 1994, exceeding Haniff Mohammed’s 499 for Karachi v Bahawalpur in Pakistan 1959.

Ranked with Sir Donald Bradman of Australia, Sachin Tendulkar of India, Sir Garfield Sobers of Barbados and West Indies, among greatest batsmen in cricket history Maiden triple-figure Test score was 277 for W.I v Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground, Australia in 5th Test in January 1993; First daughter born 1996 named Sydney in honour of first Test hundred Second to Bradman (12), Lara (9) on list of Test double-centuries Only player to exceed 350 twice in Test cricket innings – 375 and 400 n.o Scored centuries in consecutive Test matches twice – 3 vs England in England in 1995 (87 & 145, 152 & 20, 179) and 3 vs Australia in West Indies in 1999 (213, 8 & 153 n.o., 100 & 7) Most runs by a captain in a Test match innings (400 n.o) v England Has scored five Test centuries in a calendar year twice – 2003, 2005 One of only

 six players to have scored a double and single hundred in one Test match – 221 & 130 vs Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka in 2001 277 is 4th highest maiden century in Test history Fifth on the all-time list of Test centurions behind Tendulkar (51), Jacques Kallis (43), Ricky Ponting (41) and Rahul Dravid (36) as at August 2012 Has scored centuries against every Test-playing nation – 9 v Australia, 7 v England, 5 v Sri Lanka, 4 v South Africa, 4 v Pakistan, 2 v India, 1 v Zimbabwe, 1 v New Zealand, 1 v Bangladesh 25 of his 34 Test centuries were scored in innings in which no other West Indian batsman also scored a century; Fastest to reach 10,000 (195 innings) and 11,000 runs (213 innings) in Test cricket Set West Indies Youth Tournament aggregate record of 498 runs in 1987, erasing Carl Hooper, (Guyana), 480 runs In November 

2005 in Australia (WI v Australia 3rd Test) became Test cricket’s most prolific run scorer with a single that took him ahead of the previous high of 11,174 runs made by Alan Border of Australia Holder of record for most runs scored by a batsman in one over of a Test match – 28 (4, 6, 6, 4, 4, 4) – bowler Robin Peterson of South Africa (2003) First West Indies player to reach 10,000 runs in ODIs Topped one-day international century-makers in West Indies cricket with 18th – 113 not out – versus Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe in November 2003 Closed ODI career with 19 centuries – 156 not out vs Pakistan in Australia in January 2005 (Chris Gayle ahead with 20 as at August 2012) Became TT’s senior team youngest captain at age 20 years – 1990 Captain of West Indies Youth Team for Bicentennial Youth World Cup in Australia in 1988 Man-of-Match One-Day Internationals awards: 28 Inn

ings of 277 for W.I v Australia at Sydney, Australia in 1993 and 153 not out for W.I v Australia in Barbados in 1998 Test also well-chronicled world-acclaimed performances; 153 not out rated by Wisden as second best ever Test innings to Sir Donald Bradman’s 270 vs England in Australia in 1936-1937 Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1995 Three-time West Indies captain (January 1998-2000), (2003/4), (2006/7) Led West Indies to the ICC Champions Trophy ODI title, England, 2004 Has totaled 145 triple-figure scores.

Test (34 from 131 matches), ODIs (19 from 299 matches), First-Class (65 from 261 matches) and List “A” (27 from 429 matches) Described by United States President Barack Obama in 2009 as “The Michael Jordan of Cricket” Heralded by India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as an icon who adds that ‘the world enjoyed your cricket’, in Port-Of-Spain, November 2009 at the Commonwealth Heads Of Government Conference. Awarded honourary doctorate from the University of Sheffield, 2007 Awarded Trinidad and Tobago’s Highest National Award – Trinity Cross, 1994 Awarded Order of Caribbean Community (OCC) 2008 Honourary Member Order of Australia 2009 Biography Affectionately referred to as “The Prince of Port-of-Spain,” Lara was the 10th of 11 children born to Bunty and Pearl Lara.

As a child, he spent a lot of time hiking over the hills of Santa Cruz and into Maracas Bay, which is on the north coast, with his six brothers and four sisters – Rudolph, Arlene, Agnes, Winston, Robert, Mervyn, Richard, Kathleen, Lyndon and Karen, spending the entire day at the beach. His father and one of his older sisters, Agnes, were the first to recognise young Brian’s exceptional batting talents and enrolled him at Harvard Coaching Clinic at the age of six years, where he received coaching on Sundays. As a result, Lara had a very early education in correct batting technique. Lara’s first school was St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic primary. He then went to San Juan secondary, which is located in Moreau Road, Lower Santa Cruz. A year later, at 14 years old, he moved to Fatima College, Port of Spain, where he began to show signs of his promise, under coach Harry Ramdass. In his first season in schools’ cricket, Lara made an astonishing 745 runs for an average of 126.16, which earned him selection on the Trinidad and Tobago Under -16 team.

By the age of 15, he played his first West Indian Under 19 youth tournament and represented the West Indies in Under 19 cricket. Lara also played in local junior soccer and table tennis, but his passion was cricket. He was determined to follow in the footsteps of his idol Roy Fredericks, whose aggressive approach to batting and buttoned down long sleeve shirts and high collar, attracted him. In 1987, Lara achieved one of his first milestones. He broke the record of 480 runs previously held by Carl Hooper when he scored 498 during the West Indies Youth Tournament. From there, Lara’s career soared. One year later, he was leading the West Indies Youth Team to the Bicentennial Youth World Cup in Australia. Having dominated youth cricket, Lara was soon elevated to the senior Trinidad and Tobago team in 1988, at the age of 19, where runs continued to flow from his bat in the Red Stripe Cup. In his second match, he made 92 against Barbados, whose attack included accomplished Test bowlers Joel Garner and Malcolm Marshall.

Seeing his promise, the West Indies selectors named him as 12th man for the second Test against Pakistan. However, Lara had to withdraw due to the death of his father, Bunty, who suffered a fatal heart attack. In 1989, he was made captain of the West Indies B team and scored 145 against Zimbabwe. So matured was he, that he became Trinidad and Tobago’s youngest captain at 20 years. Later he made his Test debut for the West Indies against Pakistan, scoring a battling 44 in the first innings and five in the second. Lara was then forced into the background for the best part of two years as a powerful West Indies batting line-up, led by Viv Richards, Desmond Haynes, Gordon Greenidge, Richie Richardson and Gus Logie, left no room for him. However, the departure of several of those players made room for the promising left hander to finally return in 1992, some argue much later that he should have.

He played in the match in which South Africa were restored to Test cricket after years in the wilderness because of their apartheid system, and contributed 17 and 64, as the West Indies snatched a near impossible win on the final day. Thereafter, he only got better. Lara’s visit to Australia 1993, provided the perfect setting for him to showcase his talents. He scored 58 and 0, at Brisbane and 52 and 4 at Melbourne, before a superb 277 in the third Test at Sydney announced his impending greatness. Not only was it his maiden Test 100, but it took a run out to dismiss him. Later, in a glowing tribute to that performance, his daughter was named after the ground. Lara did not stop there, going on to hit another half century at Adelaide, and although the West Indies inflicted a severe whipping on the Australians at Perth, he scored just 16. There was no doubt, however, that greatness was in the making, as he ended the series with 466 runs at an average of 58.25.

In the 1994 Red Stripe Cup, which Trinidad and Tobago won under Lara’s leadership, he averaged 79.44 for the series, including consecutives hundreds against Jamaica (180), Guyana (169 not out), and Barbados (206). It was the start of a purple patch in his youthful life. Two months later, Lara made his mark on the international cricket scene, making a ground-breaking 375 runs on the Antigua Recreation Ground which exceeded the former record of Garfield Sobers’ 365 not out against Pakistan. And as if that was not enough, two months later, he scored a record-breaking 501 runs not out in 474 minutes for Warwickshire against Durham to become the first batsman to score more than 500 runs in a single innings in a First Class match. His meteoric rise continued in 1995, when he scored three hundreds in consecutive matches in the away series against England, which earned him the Man of the Series Award. Several of these awards ensued as Lara continued to raise the standards for international cricket.

Against New Zealand in a two-Test series, he had a best score of 74, while a return to Australia resulted in just one century in the final of the five Tests (132) at Perth. The most significant moment in 1998, however, would have been reserved for the third Test against India in Barbados, when Lara was appointed captain of the team for the first time, as a result of injury to Courtney Walsh. Batting first, West Indies made 298 to which India replied with 319 for a first innings lead of 21. In their second turn at the crease, West Indies capitulated for just 140, to leave India with what seemed a simple task of getting 119 for victory. However, in a clever exhibition of tactical skills, Lara manipulated a depleted bowling attack, to inspire an unlikely victory by 38 runs. A century in the second of two Tests away to Sri Lanka, and failure to get to a half century against Pakistan, followed, before Lara was officially appointed captain for the home series against England.

It should be noted that the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), rejected the selector’s recommendation of Lara, before relenting in the face of media uproar. West Indies comfortably won the series, although Lara failed to score a century. In the series that followed, Lara, as captain, and several of the senior players were labelled rebels, after members of the team opted to hole out in a hotel in London, en route to a five-match series against South Africa- the first full series between the teams since the Proteas returned to the international fold. The players were demanding better playing conditions and retainer contracts. Both Lara, and vice captain Carl Hooper were sacked, but after negotiations, the pair was reinstated. However, it was felt that the tour was blighted and it was no surprise that the West Indies performed woefully, losing the series 5-0, and failing to win a single match on the tour. Lara hit three half centuries in his 10 innings, but it was obvious that the contentious issues before a ball was bowled had a toll on the mental approach of the players.

What followed, some will argue, was probably the lowest point in Lara’s captaincy, the WICB appointed him captain for the first two Tests at home against Australia, and it seemed his tenure was about to end, when the West Indies were bowled out for 51 in their second innings to lose the match by 312 runs. But The Prince of Port of Spain returned to all his glory in the second Test, not only to retain his leadership position but to inspire his team to a ten-wicket victory with a brilliant 213. But it was the following match which would show the mettle of the man. With the series levelled 1-1, Lara blasted an unbeaten 153 as the West Indies took a series lead 2-1, with just one wicket to spare. The pundits rate that innings as one of the greatest in Test cricket. Although he scored an even hundred in the final Test, Australia won the game to square the series and retain the Sir Frank Worrell trophy. However, Lara was Man of the Series for the second time that year.

Despite that success, Lara’s leadership remained under scrutiny and it was felt that despite his greatness as a batsman, he was not inspiring the players around him. For the World Cup later that year, Lara’s vice captain Carl Hooper suddenly retired and withdrew from the team, creating much debate. The team beat Bangladesh, New Zealand and Scotland but lost to Pakistan and Australia, with Lara failing to have too much of an impact. His best score was 36 against the Kiwis. When the West Indies returned from losing a two-Test series to New Zealand in December that year, it ended Lara’s first of three stints as captain. In February 2000, he announced his resignation as captain, and announced that he was taking a sabbatical. Four months later, he was back, under the captaincy of Jimmy Adams, as the West Indies toured England. He enjoyed a modest series by his standards, scoring one century and one half century in nine innings as the West Indies drew the series 2-2.

Again, he failed to scale the lofty heights of his first visit when he visited Australia for a five Test series in 2001, with only one innings of note, 182 at Adelaide, as the West Indies were humiliated 5-0. But a visit to Sri Lanka and a battle with the great off-spinner Muriah Muralitharan, proved incisive as Lara scored 688 runs with three centuries including a double from six innings. At the end of the series, which West Indies lost 3-0, he averaged 114.66 In seven innings against India, Lara could score only two half centuries but the West Indies won the series 2-1, before losing a two-Test series against New Zealand 1-0, with Lara hitting a defiant 73 in the first Test which West Indies lost by 204 runs. During the series against India, tragedy struck the iconic cricketer when his mother died from cancer. He later established the Pearl and Bunty Lara Foundation in memory of his parents, which is a charitable organisation aimed at addressing health and social care issues.

The early part of 2003, saw the West Indies in South Africa at the World Cup, under Carl Hooper. Lara’s 116 in the opening fixture against the host, saw the West Indies earning a three-run win, and although he hit 73 against Canada, losses to New Zealand and Sri Lanka and a no result against Bangladesh, ruined the Caribbean team’s chances and they exited after the first round. Lara returned to favour with the administration under Wes Hall, new president of the WICB, who persuaded him to return to the helm, and he took over for the home series against Australia, the world’s number one team. Lara’s 26 and `110 in the first Test and 91 and 122 in the second, could not prevent big losses and he made just 14 and 42 in the third which also resulted in a nine-wicket loss for the home team. However, the West Indies made history in the fourth Test, scoring 418 in the second innings to become the team scoring the highest number of runs to win a Test match. Lara contributed 68 and 60.

In 2004, Trinidad and Tobago spiraled into a state of jubilation when he broke yet another record. He scored 400 not out for the West Indies against England and also brought home the ICC Champions Trophy. Controversy struck in 2005 when Lara declined selection for the West Indies team due to a dispute over his personal Cable and Wireless sponsorship deal which clashed with the Cricket Board’s main sponsor, Digicel. Though the dispute was resolved after the first Test of the series against the touring South African team, Lara lost his captaincy to Shivnarine Chanderpaul. He was reappointed captain in 2006 and led them to victory in One-Day series against Zimbabwe and India. The West Indies also finished runners up in the finals of both the DLF Cup and the ICC Champions Trophy. That same year, he became the first West Indies player to pass 10,000 One Day International runs. In April 2007, Lara announced his retirement from international cricket and indicated that the Cricket World Cup would be his last appearance. Though the West Indies lost to England, he was still highly revered for his many accomplishments. Later that year, he returned to the sport.

He signed a contract with the Indian Cricket League and became captain of the Mumbai Champs. He also volunteered to play for his home team during the start of 2008 domestic season. Added to his many achievements, Lara has received several awards and honours. Such include: being dubbed an ambassador for Sport of Trinidad and Tobago. He has received a diplomatic passport to promote his country globally; the highest honour of Trinidad and Tobago, the Trinity Cross in 1994; becoming an honorary doctorate from the University of Sheffield in 2007; the Order of the Caribbean Community in 2008; and becoming an honorary Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2009. Lara dated Trinidad journalist and model Leasel Rovedas, with whom he has two daughters, Sydney (1996), who was named in tribute of the Sydney Cricket Ground where he scored his first Test century the highly acclaimed 277. In late 2010, Lara and Rovedas welcomed another daughter, Tyla. Lara’s favourite colours are burgundy and grey. He loves Chinese and Italian restaurants and his favourite movie is Shawshank Redemption. Education St.

Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary San Juan Secondary Sport Clubs / Teams CLUBS: Queen’s Park Cricket Club, Marylebone Cricket Club.

TEAMS PLAYED FOR: ICC World XI (2004–2006), West Indies (1990–2007) , Trinidad and Tobago (1987–2008) , Warwickshire (1994-1998) , Northern Transvaal (1992–1993) , Southern Rocks (2010–2011) , West Indies Under-23s (1987–1991) , West Indies Board President’s XI (1988–1990) , West Indies Board XI (1988–1991) , Young West Indies (1989–1990) , West Indians (1990–2007) , West Indies Young Cricketers (1987–1988), Mumbai Champs (2007–2008) , CompetitionTrinidad and Tobago (1987–2008) , Trinidad and Tobago Under-19s (1986-1988) , North and East Trinidad (1987

–1998) , Trinidad Board XI (1989–1990) , M Parkinson’s World XI (1990) , World XI (1992–1995) , Sir JP Getty’s XI (1994) , West Indies Masters (1995–1996) , University of West Indies Vice-Chancellor’s XI (1996–1998) , MD Marshall’s XI (2000) , Lashings World XI (2002) , North Trinidad (2002–2003) , RD Jacobs’ XI (2002–2003) , BC Lara’s XI (2004–2005) , International XI (2005-2006) , JH Kallis’ Invitation XI (2005–2006) , All Stars (2007–2008) , Marylebone Cricket Club (2010) BATTING AND FIELDING AVERAGE Pranav Dhanawade, Mumbai School Cricketer Re-Writes Record Books – NDTV Sports Read Time:

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© NDTV Mumbai school cricketer Pranav Dhanawade, son of a Kalyan auto-rickshaw driver, entered the history books scoring a 1000 runs in an innings during the H.T. Bhandari Cup inter-school cricket tournament organised by the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA). ( Click here for latest Cricket stories ) The youngster was batting on 921 at lunch on Tuesday with his team's score on 1337. He started his innings with a broken bat and switched to a new one mid-way. He crossed the four-figure mark in the second session of play. For the record, former West Indian captain Brian Lara has the highest first-class score of 501 not out scored in 1994, playing a County match for Warwickshire against Durham. Pranav's 1000 runs came off 317 balls.He eventually finished on 1009 not out after his team declared at 1465/2 on Day 2. His innings lasted 323 balls along with 129 fours and 59 sixes.

Representing KC Gandhi School, Kalyan, Dhanawade smashed Arya Gurukul School bowlers all over the park to surpass Arthur Collins' score of 628Â not out in 1899 . Dhanawade's majestic knock, that was studded with 78 fours and 30 sixes, helped his side reach 956 for one at the close of play on Day 1. He was unbeaten on 652. Collins had scored 628 not out in a Junior House Match in June, 1899 in England. Collins was an Englishman born in India, but never went on to play first-class cricket. Australian Charles Eady scored 566 in 1901. Brian Lara | Trinidadian cricketer | Britannica.com Trinidadian cricketer Alternative Title: Brian Charles Lara Brian Lara Learie Constantine, Baron Constantine of Maraval and Nelson Brian Lara, in full Brian Charles Lara (born May 2, 1969, Cantaro, Trinidad), West Indian cricketer, one of the sport’s most renowned contemporary players.

The compact left-handed batsman is the record holder for most runs scored in an innings in both Test (international) and first-class cricket . One of a family of 11, a natural athlete, and a member of the national under-(age)14 football (soccer) team, Lara was expected from an early age to be the next great West Indian cricketer. He was first selected for the West Indies national team in 1990 at age 21, but he did not make his mark until 1994, when he broke the two most coveted batting records in cricket, scoring 375 runs against England (besting Sir Garfield Sobers’s 36-year-old record) and 501 runs (not out) for Warwickshire, his English county team. In 2004 Lara then became the first player to retake the Test batting record when his 400 runs (not out) against England surpassed the 380 runs posted by Australian Matthew Hayden in 2003. Between these Herculean feats, Lara sometimes struggled to perform at the level expected of him, and some questioned his dedication to the sport.

Likewise, under his captaincy the record of the West Indies national team was undistinguished. However, there is no doubt that he ranks with the likes of Sobers, Sir Don Bradman , Clive Lloyd , and Sir Viv Richards as among cricket’s greatest batsmen. Learn More in these related articles: Brian Lara | West Indies Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo Other T20 Profile The 10th of 11 children, Brian Lara learnt his game at the Harvard Coaching Clinic, where he was enrolled at the age of six, and although at school he played for Trinidad's junior football and table tennis side, it was cricket which really drew him. Aged 14, he made 745 runs at 126.16, earning him selection for the Trinidad Under-16 team. A year later he was in the West Indies Under-19 side. In 1990, aged 20, Lara became Trinidad and Tobago's youngest captain, leading them to victory in the Geddes Grant Shield. In that year he made his Test debut, scoring 44 and 6 against Pakistan.

No-one since Bradman has built massive scores as often and as fast as Lara in his pomp. Even his stance was thrilling - the bat raised high in the air, the weight poised on a bent front knee, the eyes low and level. Then the guillotine would fall, sending the ball flashing to the boundary. In the space of two months in 1994, Lara's 375 and 501 not out broke world records for the highest Test and first-class scores, but sudden fame turned him into a confused and contradictory figure. During an inventive but largely fruitless spell as captain of a fading team, Lara reiterated his genius by single-handedly defying the 1998-99 Australian tourists with a sequence of 213, 8, 153 not out and 100. For a while, excess weight and hamstring problems hampered his once-lightning footwork, and the torrent of runs became an occasional spurt.

But after Garry Sobers suggested a tweak to his flourishing backlift, Lara returned to his best in Sri Lanka in 2001-02, with 221 and 130 in one Test and 688 runs - a record 42% of West Indies' output - in the series, and reclaimed the captaincy the following year. The task proved as hard second time round, leading a side where he was far and away the best player and where discipline was a constant worry. He led them to defeat for a second time in South Africa, and then lost to England in the Caribbean, too. But then, just when all hope seemed to have deserted West Indies cricket, Lara responded to the prospect of a home series whitewash with an astonishing unbeaten 400 in the final Test against England in Antigua. In doing so, he became the first man to reclaim the world Test batting record, a feat that ensured he would stand alongside Shane Warne as the most charismatic cricketer of the modern era.

Then followed a spectacular low, when Bangladesh came visiting and had West Indies in trouble in the one-day series and the first Test, prompting Lara to threaten his resignation if his batsmen did not lift their game. They responded in the following game, and Lara captained the side in England, where the team was beaten in every Test they played. Astonishingly, he then galvanised his charges and led the one-day team to victory in the ICC Champions Trophy to spark off hopes of a West Indies resurgence. But it was under Shivnarine Chanderpaul that Lara registered his next big moment - in Adelaide in November 2005, when he went past Allan Border's tally of 11174 runs to become Test cricket's most prolific scorer. Then in April 2006, after protracted dispute between the West Indies board and the players union (WIPA), he was reinstated - for the third time - as West Indies captain. Lara's leadership in the five-match one-day home series against India came in for much praise as the tourists were knocked over 4-1, but in the succeeding Test series he struggled.

His captaincy was erratic - inspiring in parts, questionable on many occasions - though he later revealed that his hands were tied due to peripheral issues related to team selection. In Pakistan he led by example with the bat but results continued to go against his side and as West Indies struggled both on and off the field, it became increasingly obvious that Lara was unable to inspire them to greater things, and he appeared increasingly at odds with many of his team-mates. The World Cup offered him a chance to bow out on home soil and on a high, but it was not to be. He showed glimpses of his abilities, but one fifty in seven innings was not enough as West Indies went out with a whimper. He quit, one ODI short of his 300, amid rumours of bitter disputes with administrators. It was a sad, but perhaps inevitable, way for such a genius to bow out.

Cricinfo staff April 2007 BBC SPORT | Cricket | WI v Eng | Lara sets Test record Lara sets Test record Brian Lara 400 not out v England in Antigua 2004 Aus v Zim, Perth 2003 Brian Lara 375 WI v England, Antigua 1994 Gary Sobers 365 not out WI v Pakistan, Kingston 1957 Len Hutton 364 England v Aus, The Oval 1938 Sanath Jayasuriya 340 SL v India, Colombo 1997 Brian Lara has set the highest score ever in Test cricket, hitting 400 not out in the fourth Test against England. Lara passed the previous best of 380 by Matthew Hayden and then declared after reaching the quadruple century. The Trinidadian left-hander faced 582 deliveries, hitting 43 fours and four sixes, setting a new mark just over two hours into the third day in Antigua. The feat came on the same ground where he hit a then record 375, also against England, in 1994.

Lara, who resumed the day 313 not out, shared an unbroken partnership of 282 with Ridley Jacobs, who hit a century himself to leave the home side 751-5 at the post-lunch declaration. The shots that will stick long in the memory came off consecutive balls in a Gareth Batty over shortly before lunch. Lara equalled Hayden's score by lofting Batty over long-on for six and then topped the mark with a swept four past fine leg. It's a great feeling but it is dampened by the series result Brian Lara

Question: In what year did cricketer Brian Lara score 501 runs (Not out!) in one innings?
Answer: 1994